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Surprise, Surprise

Brett Dennen
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 Fbar Gbar x2
Dark  clouds gather in the afternoon
 Come together just to cry
 Seagulls struggling against the  wind
 Falling out of the sky
Grandma's  gathering aluminum cans
 In a rusty shopping cart
 Born-againers getting their lives together
 While my whole world's falling apart
Open  up your eyes
 It's happening all around you
 If it hasn't found  you
 Well you know it's just a matter of time
Surprise,  surprise
 What do you think the world owes you
 It's not the way it's supposed to  go
 Well you know it's just a matter of time
Songbird  sitting in a tree house
 With a trumpet to her lips
 I'm laying on my back in the tall green grass
 Staring up at the eclipse
Whispers  lurking in the alley behind
 Where the children wear no shoes
 Call girls and corner kids hustling
 Saying what do you got to lose
And  there's nowhere you can run to
 Because the eyes are upon  you
Some  of the coming up hard and hungry
 Stepping up to take your turn
 Some of them throwing their money in the  fire
 Just to watch it burn
 It's just a matter of
 It's just a matter of time

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Readable chord sheet for Surprise, Surprise by Brett Dennen

[Am] [C] Fbar Gbar x2

[Am]Dark clouds gather in the afternoon [C]
Come together just to cry       [F]
Seagulls struggling against the[G] wind
Falling out of the sky  [Am]

[Am]Grandma's gathering aluminum can[C]s
In a rusty shopping cart    [F]
Born-againers getting their lives togeth[G]er
While my whole world's falling apart    [Am]

[F]Open up your eyes
It's happening all around y[G]ou
If it hasn't fou[F]nd you
Well you know it's just a matter of time        [G]

[F]Surprise, surprise
What do you think the world owes you    [G]
It's not the way it's supposed t[F]o go
Well you know it's just a matter of time        [G]

[Am]Songbird sitting in a tree house    [C]
With a trumpet to her lips      [F]
I'm laying on my back in the tall green [G]grass
Staring up at the eclips[Am]e

[Am]Whispers lurking in the alley behind[C]
Where the children wear no shoes         [F]
Call girls and corner kids hustling     [G]
Saying what do you got to lose    [Am]

[E]And there's nowhere you can run to      [F]
Because the eyes are [C]upon you             [E]

[Am]Some of the coming up hard and hungry           [C]
Stepping up to take your turn      [F]
Some of them throwing their money in the[G] fire
Just to watch it burn   [Am]

It's just a matter of
It's just a matter of time

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